barber and ministers

While cutting hair, official Barber asked Kapil Sibal, ‘’What’s this Swiss Bank issue?”

 

Kapil Sibal shouted, “YOU, you are cutting hair or ing conducting an inquiry?”

Barber: Sorry Sir, I just asked.

 

 

Next day, while cutting the hair, he asked Pranab Mukherjee, “Sir, what’s this Black money issue?’’

Pranab shouted, ‘’Why did you ask me this question?’’

Barber: ‘’Sorry Sir, just asked you’’

 

 

Next day, CBI interrogated the Barber, ‘’Are you an agent of Baba Ramdev?’’

Barber: No Sir.

CBI: Are you the agent of Anna?

Barber: No Sir.

CBI: Then while cutting the hair, why do you ask Congress Ministers about Swiss Bank and Black money issues?

 

Barber: Sir, I do not know why, when I ask about Swiss Bank or Black money, Congress Ministers’ hairs stand up straight;

and that helps me to cut the hair easily; that’s why I go on asking.

 

pl help the brothers and sisters in Pakistan

Dear Rotary Leaders,


As you know that the non stop heavy rains in sindh  for 48 hours have caused massive losses to homes, infrastructure, livestock, agriculture and crops. Even Our city NAWABSHAH is flooded including knee deep water just out side our houses .Most
houses made of muds in the city and sourrended area have been
completely destroyed.we few dry places left now. Roads and other
communication infrastructure have also been damaged severly. Migration
of poor families is continue to safer places.Cars and vans could not be
brought out
to flooded road.more than 120,000 pregnant women are facing problems
who are stuck-up in rain affected areas, No electricity  for many hours
.lot of peoples have come on Roads to find dry land but sitting under
wet weather. These people urgently need food, clean drinking water and temporary shelters.
Rotary
club Nawabshah District 3271  appeal to all Rotarians  of the District
3271 as well as District 3272 and District out side pakistan specially to please come forward and extend your whole-hearted support to the people of NAWABSGHAH And Interior of Sindh.


It is really an another humanitarian catastrophe whereby approximately 0.95 million people have been affected.
Due to this heavy rains we  can fully understand and realize the current situation after heavy downpour that caused huge flooding, breaches in the canal distributaries and LBOD brining hundreds of villages under inundation. The flood water has damaged/destroyed standing crops. Moreover, diverse estimates value crop losses billions of rupees. Many human lives have been lost besides hundreds have been injured due to the flooding. Thousands of families have taken shelter
along the roads, sides and canal embankments. There is a fear of epidemic and water borne diseases.

The priority needs of the people affected by the floods
include:

-     Tents

-     Safe water

-     Food

-     Sanitation facilities

-     Medication

-     NFIs (kitchen sets)

-     Hygiene Kits
-     Mosquito spray

-     Mosquito Nets
-     Mosquito Coils


-     Bedding material
Rotary
club NAWABSHAH #16059 District 3271 appeal to you all to please come
forward and play your role. Thousands of hapless people are waiting your
help.
 

"Reach Within to Embrace Humanity"Rtn:Dr Muhammad Ayub
Chairman Gift of Life Project 2010-2011
Governor Regional Representatives 2008-09 Deputy District Governor 2005-2006  District 3270 Pakistan &Afganistan Address:A.G DRUG AGENCY MARKET ROAD  NAWABSHAH SIND PAKISTAN TEL Fax::92-2443-62600, Res:92-2443-62699, Mobile (cell)92-333-7022088 

3 Indian RIPresidents -history

*NITISH LAHARRY* ****

Born - 1892****

Member - 1926 (age 34)****

Club - Rotary Club of Calcutta****

President - 1944-45 (age 52)****

Governor - 1944-47 (three terms) (age 52)****

RI President - 1962-63 (age 70) (First Asian)****

Theme - Kindle the Spark Within

** **

*RAJENDRA K SABOO* ****

Born - 1934 (Calcutta)****

Member - 1961 (age 27)****

Club - Rotary Club of Chandigarh****

President - 1970-71 (age 36)****

Governor - 1976-77 (three terms) (age 42)****

RI President - 1991-92 (age 57)****

Theme - Look Beyond Yourself

** **

*KALYAN BANERJEE*****

Born - 1942 (Calcutta)****

Member - 1972 (age 30)****

Club - Rotary Club of Vapi****

President - 1975-76 (age 33)****

Governor - 1980-81 (age 38)****

RI President - 2011-12 (age 69)****

**Theme - Reach Within To Embrace Humanity **

*Interesting Points :*****

** **

1. Nitish Laharry lived in Calcutta and was a member of Rotary Club of
Calcutta. Birth place of Rajendra K Saboo and Kalyan Banerjee is also
Calcutta. All three had a connection with Calcutta (now Kolkatta)**

** **

2. A lot is being talked about getting younger members in Rotary. All three
of them became members in the age group of 27-34. Infact Kalyan Banerjee and
Rajendra Saboo were one of the youngest governors of their times at the age
of 38 and 42 years respectively.

**

Lateral thinking is a creative exercise. Practice every day.

Many years ago in a small Indian village, a farmer had the misfortune of
owing a large sum of money to the village moneylender. The moneylender,
who was old and ugly, fancied the farmer's beautiful daughter. So he
proposed  a bargain. He said he would forgo the farmer's debt if he
could marry his
daughter. Both the farmer and his daughter were horrified by the
proposal. So the cunning moneylender suggested that they let providence
decide the matter. He told them that he would put a black pebble and a
white pebble into an  empty moneybag. Then the girl would have to pick
one pebble from the bag.

1. If she picked the black pebble, she would become his wife and her
father's debt would be forgiven.

2. If she picked the white pebble, she need not marry him and her
father's debt would still be forgiven.

3. But if she refused to pick a pebble, her father would be thrown into
jail.

Standing on a pebble-strewn path in the farmer's field, the moneylender
bent over to pick up two pebbles. As he picked them up, the sharp-eyed
girl noticed that he had picked up two black pebbles and put them into
the bag. He  then asked the girl to pick a pebble from the bag.

Now, imagine that you were standing in the field that day. What would
you have done if you were the girl? If you had to advise her, what would
you have  told her? Careful analysis would produce three possibilities:

1. The girl should refuse to take a pebble.

2. The girl should show that there were two black pebbles in the bag and
expose the moneylender as a cheat.

3. The girl should pick a black pebble and sacrifice herself in order
to save her father from his debt and imprisonment.

Take a moment to ponder over this story. Experts use it to  make people
appreciate the difference between lateral and logical  thinking. The
girl's dilemma cannot be solved with traditional logical thinking.
Think of the consequences if she chose any of the above logical choices.


What would you recommend to the girl do?











Well, here is what she did ...

She put her hand into the moneybag and drew out a pebble. Without
looking at it, she fumbled and let it fall onto the pebble-strewn path
where it immediately became lost among all the other pebbles. " Oh, how
clumsy of me," she  said. " But never mind, if you look into the bag for
the one that is left,  you will be able to tell which pebble I picked. "


Since the remaining pebble was black, they had to assume  that she had
picked the white one. And since the moneylender dared not admit his
dishonesty, the girl changed what seemed an impossible situation into an
extremely advantageous one.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Most complex problems do have a solution, which you 
can find if you stretch your mind. If logic isn't working, try lateral
thinking.


Lateral thinking is a creative exercise. Practice every day.

Lesson to Learn from Rotary History

Lesson to Learn from Rotary History*

On 23rd Feb 1905 Paul Harris, Silvester Schiele, Hiram Shorey, Gustavus
Loehr assembled a Room 711, Unity Building, where Paul mooted an idea and
others nodded their head in Unison for a new kind of club. This could be
treated as the meeting of the first Rotary club.

Two of the forefathers of Rotary had only a short Rotary Life. Gus left the
club very next year due to problems in his business. Hiram Shorey was
elected as recording secretary of the club at third meeting, but he dropped
out of the club and never really served as recording secretary.

If two of the four founder members of an organisation leave within an year,
one can imagine how discouraging it would have been. But inspite of this
early shock, the organisation grew to all parts of the world and has
completed more than 105 years.

corruption

Corruption in India is a cultural aspect.
Indians seem to think nothing peculiar

about corruption . It is everywhere. 
Indians tolerate corrupt individuals

rather than correct them.
No race can be congenitally corrupt.
But can a race be corrupted by its culture? 
To know why Indians are corrupt ,
look at their patterns and practices .
First: 
Religion is transactional in India.
Indians give God cash and anticipate

an out-of-turn reward.
Such a plea acknowledges that

favours are needed for the undeserving. 
In the world outside the temple walls,
such a transaction is named- “bribe”. 
A wealthy Indian gives not cash to temples,
but gold crowns and such baubles.
His gifts can not feed the poor. His pay-off is for God.
He thinks it will be wasted if it goes to a needy man. 
In June 2009, The Hindu published

a report of Karnataka minister
G. Janardhan Reddy gifting

a crown of gold and diamonds worth
Rs 45 crore to Tirupati.
India’s temples collect so much that
they don't know what to do with it.
Billions are gathering dust in temple vaults.

When Europeans came to India they built schools.
When Indians go to Europe & USA, they build temples.

Indians believe that if God accepts money for his favours,
then nothing is wrong in doing the same thing.
This is why Indians are so easily corruptible. 
Indian culture accommodates such transactions morally.
There is no real stigma. An utterly corrupt Jaya Lalita can
make a comeback, just unthinkable in the West. Second -
Indian moral ambiguity towards corruption

is visible in its history.
Indian history tells of the capture of cities

and kingdoms after guards
were paid off to open the gates, and

commanders paid off to surrender. 
This is unique to India. 
Indians' corrupt nature has meant limited

warfare on the subcontinent.
It is striking how little Indians have actually

fought compared to
ancient Greece and modern Europe. 
The Turks’ battles with Nadir Shah

were vicious and fought to the finish. 
In India fighting wasn't needed,

bribing was enough to see off armies.
Any invader willing to spend cash

could brush aside India’s kings,
no matter how many tens of thousands

soldiers were  in their infantry.
Little resistance was given by the Indians

at the “Battle” of Plassey.
Clive paid off Mir Jaffar and all of

Bengal folded to an army of 3,000.
There was always a financial

exchange to taking Indian forts.
Golconda was captured in 1687

after the secret back door was left open.
Mughals vanquished Marathas

and Rajputs with nothing but bribes.
The Raja of Srinagar gave up

Dara Shikoh’s son Sulaiman to
Aurangzeb after receiving a bribe. 
There are many cases where Indians

participated  on a large scale in

treason due to bribery.
Question is: Why Indians have a

transactional culture while
other 'civilized' nations don't?
  Third -
Indians do not believe in the theory that they all can rise
if each of them behaves morally, because that is not
the message of their faith. 
Their caste system separates them.
They don't believe that all men are equal.
This resulted in their division and

migration to other religions .
Many Hindus started their own

faith like Sikh, Jain, Buddha
and many converted to

Christianity and Islam. 
The result is that Indians

don't trust one another .
 There are no Indians in India ,there are
Hindus ,Christians, Muslims and what not.

Indians forget that 400 years ago

they all belonged to one faith.
This division evolved an unhealthy culture.
The inequality has resulted in a corrupt society,
In India every one is thus against everyone else,
except God ­ and even he must be bribed.

 CAN WE CHANGE OUR MIND SET?????

The Secret to Manifesting Total Financial Freedom

The Secret to Manifesting Total Financial Freedom    

Imagine you are on a sailboat on a three thousand mile journey from California to Hawaii.

You can easily miss your target if your rudder and sails are not pointing exactly in the right direction.

If your sailboats rudder is 1/2 of a hair width off from the very beginning, over many miles you will miss the island completely.

In order to attain true financial freedom you must make one minor adjustment.

Have a consistent solid positive outlook about your financial future.

To manifesting financial freedom begins with shifting your perspective about who you are and what your life is really about.

It's about getting in touch with a bigger mission here on Earth and applying it out in the world.

This is a massive journey and will take 100% intention and commitment, yet it will become one of the greatest adventures of your life and will be more enjoyable than you think.

To naturally think positive about the future, you will need to re-frame your entire emotional state so that your brain naturally initiates the positive thought process all on its own.

This shift begins from within you, right here right now, with the decision to do whatever it takes to THINK and FEEL positive.

It's all about letting go of those thoughts that do not feel good and welcoming the thoughts that truly do.

The more challenging your financial situation is, the more determination, courage and will power you'll discover is hidden inside you on a deeper level which you've not discovered yet.

If you are ready to start the process of becoming truly financially free, I recommend you do something very radical.

This one little exercise if done daily for 45 days, will instigate a complete transformation from within. 

Manifesting total financial freedom all starts with how you begin your day.

You want to build the feelings and sensations of abundance inside your body within the first 15 minutes after you wake up.

When you start your mornings with feeling the most positive possible outcome you can imagine, you are creating a new foundation inside your being that will roll over and create a momentum in the following morning.

To do this effectively you'll need to get physically involved.

The secret I've found is this...first thing in the morning actually jump up and down, into the air and actually yell (out loud or in your head) with total excitement that massive abundance is here now!

Yes, fake it until you make it.

Pretend you just received exactly what you want, and let your heart soak into these positive feelings for at least 5 minutes.

Jump up and down as long as you can handle it.

The more you get into this magical exercise the more you'll shift your financial frequency !

"You were born with potential. You were born with goodness and trust. You were born with ideals and dreams. You were born with greatness. You were born with wings. You are not meant for crawling, so don't! You have wings, learn to use them and fly!" ~Rumi

Most people aren't in touch with the joy behind their souls life purpose and mission, so they don't have anything to inspire and motivate them to get excited about life in the morning.

So if you want to unravel this divine mystery inside you that can start attracting abundance, you may need to first imagine that you just won the biggest powerball jackpot the world has had...last night!  Yes!

Jump up and down because you received more money than you can spend in this lifetime!

When you get into the feeling that it just happened and it feels emotionally real for you, you will begin awakening those positive neuro-peptides in your brain which open the emotional door to feeling and becoming financially free in the real world. 

The second and perhaps most important step in awakening this abundant state of being inside your body is to take massive inspired actions throughout your day, doing what really makes you feel light, free and excited about your life, and then let go of any attachment to results you think you're going to have from these actions.

The more people you can help create what they want in the world, the more you'll manifest what you want.

If you can be of true service to the world with your true gifts that you enjoy giving everyday, you will never have to worry about money. The Universe will reward you for your actions and work, all you have to do is to not drop back into those old poverty feelings/thoughts as they make you greed, possessive and cause you to believe you are not a magical manifesting God Being. 

"Non-possessiveness is basically trust in existence. There is no need to possess, because the whole is already ours." ~Osho

Yes, you as an individual being, yet you are tapped into the power and intelligence of the entire Universe!

You are waaaaay more powerful than you know.

Your beliefs are what create your life.

You've just been manifesting financial stuckness because you kept thinking that was what you were experiencing and thus that's what you manifested.

Your thoughts always show up into your life, especially when there is deep emotion behind them.

Start visualizing your life as financially abundant and in perfect harmony with the past.

As you change your inner world, this energy sparks, reflects and eventually manifests into your outer world.

You are interconnected to the whole in more ways than you can intellectually understand.

You may say that you don't have a choice in how you are responding to your outer financial crisis, yet in truth you do.

Every moment you have the choice as to what you want to flow your energy, intention and attention towards.

Buying into the panic and fear only intensify the feeling of negativity back into your system and worsen your financial frequency.  According to the great law of attraction, "like attracts like".

An abundant economic situation begins with the idea that it is possible and probable if you continue to focus in this positive direction.  Don't make money bigger than you or your life!  Money is just energy, electrons in some computer somewhere.

It is in this empowering belief that says you are bigger than money that you instantly step into abundance consciousness.

This alone can be the sole foundation for a constant steam of infinite wealth to flow into your future. 

"You are a creator; you create with your every thought." ~ Abraham Hicks

today I didn't do it."

A husband’s nightmare... 
A man came home from work and found his three children outside,
still in their pajamas, playing in the mud, with empty food boxes and wrappers strewn all around the front yard.
The door of his wife's car was open, as was the front door to the house and there was no sign of the dog. 
Proceeding into the entry, he found an even bigger mess.

A lamp had been knocked over, and the throw rug was wadded against one wall. 
In the front room the TV was loudly blaring a cartoon channel, and the family room was strewn with toys and various items of clothing. 
In the kitchen, dishes filled the sink, breakfast food was spilled on the counter, the fridge door was open wide, dog food was spilled on the floor, a broken glass lay under the table, and a small pile of sand was spread by the back door.
He quickly headed up the stairs, stepping over toys and more piles of clothes, looking for his wife.
He was worried she may be ill, or that something serious had happened.
He was met with a small trickle of water as it made its way out the bathroom door.
As he peered inside he found wet towels, scummy soap and more toys strewn over the floor.
Miles of toilet paper lay in a heap and toothpaste had been smeared over the mirror and walls. 
As he rushed to the bedroom, he found his wife still curled up in the bed in her pajamas, reading a novel.
She looked up at him, smiled, and asked how his day went. 
He looked at her bewildered and asked, "What happened here today?" 
She again smiled and answered,
"You know every day when you come home from work and you ask me what in the world did I do today?" 
Yes," was his incredulous reply. 
She answered, "Well, today I didn't do it."

At last the wall of shame falls in salem -august 14th2011 The Hindu

It was a symbol of discrimination against Dalits for nearly two decades

Way clear for them: The “Untouchability wall” being demolished in Salem on Saturday. — Photo: E. Lakshmi Narayanan

To the delight of Dalits and rights activists, the ‘Untouchability wall of Salem,' which stood for nearly two decades as a symbol of discrimination on Gandhi Mahan Street at Raman Colony here, was pulled down on Saturday.

A team of 50 officials from the Revenue and Police departments and the Municipal Corporation, along with workers and earthmovers, trooped into the colony in Ward 42 and demolished the 60x10-foot stone wall in a swift 35-minute operation.

As the controversial structure fell, 200 families of Arunthathiyars, to whom it blocked access to the main road, burst into a celebration and thanked those who stood with them in their campaign against the “wall of shame.”

Officials ensured that the entire wall was removed. “Its full length was constructed on ‘eri poromboke land' and hence demolished,” Revenue Divisional Officer S. Prasanna Ramasamy told The Hindu .

“We have been living on the edge of caste discrimination for long. Today, we feel elated and proud,” said K. Palanisamy, a 62-year-old Dalit, who raised a banner of revolt when the wall was constructed some 20 years ago.

Mr. Palanisamy said that when he protested then, he was threatened. Fearing for his life, he was away from the colony for some time.

For B. Kamatchi, it was a day to be cherished. She said her school-going children would now have a safe access to the main road. “Till recently they had to take a roundabout way, which is not safe for girl children.”

CPI(M) ward secretary C. Sivakumar said it was a rewarding end to the long-drawn struggle of the Dalits. “I thank The Hindu and organisations such as the Democratic Youth Federation of India for this. Otherwise, it would have been a long struggle with no reward.”

Earlier, tension prevailed when a group of caste Hindus, living on the other side of the wall, protested against the demolition. They claimed that the wall had been preventing pigs from straying into their area and that it also helped to block sewage flow from the other side.

“We have invested our lifetime savings in houses that we built on the assurance that the wall would remain forever,” said a woman resident.

However Salem tahsildhar T. Kumeresan convinced them, saying the wall was standing on poromboke land and the administration had to demolish it.

The working mother, a winner all the way-published by The Hindu

The working mother, a winner all the way

The day starts for Professor Asha Ramachandran (35) at 5 a.m., when she gets up from bed in a hurry. A four-burner gas stove and a microwave oven in the kitchen couldn't cope with her speed. Within an hour, the menu for the entire family, including her son's evening snacks, is ready. And, mind you, no chef can compete with her.

An hour later, Keshav, her six-year-old son, is still in bed trying to avoid the sunlight peeping through the windows; within minutes, a complete transformation takes place when he turns out to be a neatly uniformed boy waving bye to his mother from the school van. Then comes the next portfolio for Asha with a full list of commitments for the day. She returns home anxiously only to assist her son in his homework and to feel proud of his performance in school.

She is the embodiment of the many-handed Kali. So are the employed women of today. A working woman's life is all about balancing many balls at a time without slipping a single one.

In ages past, women stayed at home, preoccupied with the family, taking care of children and providing emotional support for the members. But now, they feel that their traditional roles as childbearers and homemakers must be coupled with achievement outside home. In this context, it is inevitable to investigate the impact of such a phenomenon on society as a whole and on childrearing in particular.

Socio-economic profile

India has 397 million workers, of whom 123 million are women. Of them, 106 million are in rural areas and the remaining 18 million in urban areas. Only 20 per cent of the women labourers work in urban areas. Women are an estimated 38.2 per cent of all economically active individuals. They earn 66 per cent of men's salary for equal work; the socio-economic condition in India has contributed to the need for dual income in middle class families. With a population of a little more than a billion, India is the second most populous country. The literacy rate among women is 39.3 per cent and they make up 28 per cent of the labour force which constitutes educated employed women (Catalyst, 2011).

Indian women were traditionally housewives; education to them was given only to the level that every one wanted to be educated. Now India has the largest number of professionally qualified women. This includes female workers at all levels of skills — from surgeons, pilots to bus conductors and labourers.

Women work roughly twice as much as men, combining home and workplace. They have a lot more responsibilities and accountability at home than men. Yet, they seem to perform equally well.

What is the secret of this achievement? Is it the natural ability? Is it the will to fight against the odds? Is it the spirit of achievement or a combination of all?

Women possessed the skill sets even earlier, but the family always took the first priority. Today, with opportunities aplenty and the help that is available, they are able to balance both home and work. Not just multitasking, there is yet another quality that women bring to the workplace — sensitivity. Emotions and sensitivity come spontaneously to women, making work a much pleasant proposal.

Hurdles to women

Life gives it all to some people — fortune, power and reputation but no one gets it easy. Success never comes overnight and it requires years of perseverance to reach the altar. For a woman, every accomplishment is twice as delightful and those who make it to the top in the toughest of the fields are really great. In fact, constant pressure makes them work harder. The debate whether both parents should work or not is not really important anymore. Mothers are working and will continue to work outside home.

The truth is that seven out of 10 mothers are working women. It is certainly possible to be both good mothers and competent professionals. For that, they must have clear-cut priorities and learn how to enjoy the ride. Before starting the family, they must plan how to proceed with their career. Should they have one or more babies and how far would they like to reach in their career?

But life is more than just a job — women are ready to accept lower pay for flexible working hours and part-time work to balance the twin challenges of home and work. Women have now become ambitious, determined and even ruthless. Why not? Can she be stopped? She must learn to adapt. And if she does, she wins.

Children of working parents

Children acquire habits, lifestyle, morals, values, based on the way they view or identify with their parents. In addition to financial gains, there are potentially valuable benefits associated with work, for children in particular. It is a known fact that parents who work present a different image to their children than parents who do not work.

Rekha, a young competent IT professional, says that her son will enjoy the luxury and happiness of owning expensive toys as a benefit of her additional income. Gurcharan, a six-year-old kid, gets dropped by a school van at 4 p.m. He manages to open the locked door of his house by himself, eats the snacks prepared by his mom in the morning, switches on TV and sleeps on the sofa within minutes only to wake up at the stroke of the calling bell when his mother is waiting outside the door. This is the state of affairs of a majority of the children whose parents are employed. They learn to do their work by force of necessity.

The working mother occupies a very important role in the family. She commands respect from her children because she exhibits the characteristics of an industrious person, full of self-confidence, maturity, decision-making capacity, intelligence and accountability. When children identify with their parents, these qualities are imparted to them. They learn to cope with life's problems and become socially compatible. Children think that it would improve their status among their mates when their parents are employed. When they are left to take care of themselves in the absence of their parents it indirectly promotes independence and self-reliance in them. Typically, working mothers harbour higher educational aspirations for their children. Studies show that the boys of working mothers showed better social and personal skills than boys of non-working mothers.

Sometimes, on the negative side, boys of working mothers showed bad results in school. The child gets more attached to the servant maid or the babysitter than the parent. The babysitter needs to be treated with equal importance like a member of the family.

Malini, a doctor and mother of a schoolgoing kid, says that the maid cannot be left behind even during summer vacation trips as her son is attached to her. But these are minor issues which can be overcome.

Working parents are in a good position to prepare their children for life. Speaking of the time spent on parenting, it has been found that even though less time is spent, it is quality time spent and it is found that no child is deprived of the love and care of parents because of the quality time spent with the child by the mother, at the cost of her own leisure and sleep. Working mothers often possess the skills necessary for responding creatively to the increased stress their children face while advancing in their own career.

(The writer is on the faculty, Department of Management Studies, Sathyabama University, Chennai. Her email is aiswaryagr@yahoo.com)